Three-language policy in NEP is good for whole country, says Union Minister Kiren Rijiju

Union Minister Rijiju supports three-language policy in NEP, emphasizes unity over language divisions, amidst regional opposition and support.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday (March 6, 2025) said the three-language formula in the New Education Policy (NEP) is good for the whole country.

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Responding to a query regarding the ongoing serious debate on the three-language policy in the NEP, especially from the southern states, he said that there are some miscommunications or some people deliberately "trying to play politics".

"The three-language policy in the national education policy is good for the whole country," the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs told reporters here.

Mr. Rijiju was in Thiruvananthapuram to attend the regional review meeting and training workshop on the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) for the states and union territories of the Southern Region.

"Today, honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji is the Prime Minister of India, but Hindi is not his mother tongue; his mother tongue is Gujarati. Our Home Minister Amit Shah ji his mother tongue is Gujarati. The Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, has Odia as his mother tongue, and my mother tongue is Arunachali, but we are working as a team with the interest of our country foremost," Mr. Rijiju said.

So, let us not divide the country on the basis of religion or language, he added.